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Table 3 Mean distance of the (closest) locking bolt to the theoretical average position of the axillary nerve

From: Intramedullary fixation of proximal humerus fractures: do locking bolts endanger the axillary nerve or the ascending branch of the anterior circumflex artery? A cadaveric study

Nail

bolt-axillaris distance

SD

Synthes PHN

8.6 mm

3.4

Synthes EPHN

8.2 mm

6.0

Targon PH

15.7 mm

2.1

Stryker T2-PHN

2.7 mm

1.9

S&N Trigen PH

6.7 mm

5.2

Zimmer Sirus

5.0 mm

2.3

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Patient Safety in Surgery

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